Archive for April 2009
I actually don’t like the candy…
I don’t know about everyone else – but any electronic project that I find and is able to fit inside an Altoids tin gets +5 awesome points in my book.
My two favorite projects are the Mintyboost (another awesome project from Adafruit Industries), and the Altoids Tin Speaker from Instructables user Matth3w.
For those of you who don’t know: the Mintyboost is an awesome USB device charger that runs off of two AA batteries – It works great – and looks great too!!
Also, if you were wondering – the Altoids Speaker is an awesome accessory for anyone who has a 1st gen iPod touch – or any other audio device. The speaker is sufficiently loud, even on the default gain settings. Not to mention that it doesn’t sound half bad!
RFID Locker
So, I had this old Lions locker that was collecting dust (I got it for Christmas when I was 9). I also happened to have all the parts that I needed to turn this into an RFID safe. AND since I wasn’t too keen on tearing apart the molding around any of the real doors I had access to – I decided to turn this into my next project.
